Car-replacer.



No. 673,883. Pat'entad May l4, I901. A. J. MlCHEL.

CAR REPLACEB.

(Application med 1361:.28. 1900.)

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT JACOB MICHEL, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-REPLACER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 673,883, dated May 14, 1901. Application filed December 28,1900. Serial No. 41,392. .No model.)

To all whom it WI/(I/y concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT J ACOB Mionnna citizen of the United States, residing at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Replacers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in frogs or shoes for replacing derailed cars.

It has for its object, as above intimated, to provide for the ready replacing of a derailed car upon the track, also for the movement of such car toward the track and its final replacement.

It consists of the detailed construction and arrangement of the parts of the frog or shoe,

. substantially as hereinafter more fully disclosed, and specifically pointed out by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a plan view thereof in position upon the track-rail. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same. Fig. 3is alongitudinal section thereof. Fig. 4 is a view showing the invention as disposed in replacing the car when derailed wholly to one side of the track.

In carrying out my invention I make each shoe or frog 1 preferably in a single casting with longitudinally curved or concaved sides, the inner sides being slightly the greater curvature and having upstanding lateral flanges or raised portions 2 extending the entire length thereof, the shoe or casting thus far constructed being also sloped or slanted longitudinally toward both ends, as at 3 3, and having extending from each end a fixed rib or guide 4:, arranged in about the longitudinal center of the shoe. These ribs or guides also slant toward the ends of the casting or shoe, respectively, having a corresponding slope therewith, with their inner ends preferably tapered laterally and each made horizontal upon its upper surface a short distance and terminating or stopping at the eminence of each end slope of the shoe. Said shoe or frog is also laterally or transversely inclined or sloped from one (the inner) side toward the center thereof, as at 5, thus causing the wheels as they pass thereupon to also slide or move laterally down said slopes orinclines 5 into alinement with the ribs or guides eof each shoe, insuring or facilitating the passage of the wheels upon said ribs or guides, and finally therefrom upon the track-rails. It is also obvious that in the event of the car being removed some distance from the track the shoes or frogs are adapted by properly disposing them With relation to its wheels and suitably manipulating the same to provide for moving the car toward the track and finally replacing it thereon.

The castings or shoes are each provided in its under side with a longitudinal groove or slot 6, adapted to receive and permit the superposing of the shoe upon the track-rails.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A car-replacer consisting of a shoe or casting having longitudinal lateral flanges and end slopes or inclines having thereon central ribs or guides terminating at the eminences of said slopes or inclines and having corresponding inclinations therewith, said shoe also having its upper surface, between said slopes or inclines, laterally or transversely inclined from one side toward the longitudinal center thereof, substantially as set forth.

2. A car-replacer consisting of a shoe or casting having longitudinal lateral flanges and end slopes or inclines having thereon correspondingly-inclined ribs or guides with their upper ends spaced apart, said shoe being inclined transversely or laterally from one side toward its longitudinal center and having in its under side a longitudinal slot or groove adapted to receive the track-rail, substantially as set forth.

A In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT JACOB MICHEL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM PASS, G110. S. FLOREY. 

